Stopper opener



Sept17,1935. WEBE Y zmmym STOPPER OPENER Filed Sept 18, 1954 Ju 1. ab-g.2.,

Patented Sept. 17, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to stopper openers.

The main object of the invention is to provide a stopper opener for beerbottles or the like which is permanently attached to the bottle and isalways ready for use.

A further object of the invention is to provide an opening device whichis a permanent part of the bottle and. which will steady and prevent thebottle from shaking in the box and thus avoid breakage.

Another object of the invention is to provide an opener which is apermanent fixture of the bottle and with which the stopper can easilyand quickly be pried open.

A further object of the invention is to provide an opener having itsouter edge on line with the body of the bottle when positioned in itsoperating position and its inner edge following the contour of the neckof the bottle.

Other objects of the invention will appear as the disclosure progresses.The drawing is intended to merely indicate a possible embodiment of theinvention. It is obvious that the actual needs of manufacture maynecessitate certain mechanical changes. It is therefore not intended tolimit the invention to the embodiment illustrated but rather to definesuch limits in the appended claim.

For a more general understanding of the invention attention is called tothe drawing. In the drawing like reference characters denote like partsthroughout the specification.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a view of the upper portion of a bottleshowing the stopper opener in its inoperative position.

Figure 2 is a similar view of Figure 1 but showing the stopper opener inits operative position.

Figure 3 is a similar view as Figure 1 but showing the bottle lyingdown.

Figure 4 is a view of the stopper opener detached from the bottle andlooking in the direction of arrow A of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a section on line 5-5 of Figure 4.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, numeral l designates the body ofthe bottle, 2 the neck, 3 the stopper and 4 the opener which is thesubject of this invention. The opener comprises a ring 5 having inwardlybent ends 6 which fit in shallow holes 1 formed in the neck of thebottle and an opening hook 8 saddled on said ring.

The opening hook consists of a widened portion 9 provided with anelongated slot l in which fits the flat portion l l of the ring, aprotruding nose member I 2 adapted to engage the top of the stopper asshown in Figure 2 and a widened tail member l3 at the end of the openinghook. Numeral I4 designates the inturned hook for engaging the skirt ofthe stopper.

The inner edge l5 of the opening hook follows the exact contour of theneck of the bottle and the extreme outer edge It is on line with thebody 10 of the bottle as indicated by the dot and dash line ll ofFigures 1 and 3. The purpose of this construction is to steady thebottle and prevent shaking in the box when in an upright position orwhen lying down and thus avoid breakage. The dot and dash line can belikened to the wall of the box. It will thus be seen that with this typebottle opener permanently attached to the bottle, the bottle will besteadied in its position in the box, the stopper device acting as abuffer and the breakage due to the movement of the bottle reduced to aminimum.

To open the stopper the opening hook is lifted so that the inturned hookM will engage with the skirt of the stopper and the nose l2 with the topof the stopper as shown in Figure 2 and the stopper pried open by merelylifting the end I3.

It will thus be seen that I have provided an efiicient and simple meansto open a bottle stopper. The opening means are made a part of thebottle and will always be handy when needed. When not in use the openingdevice is out of the way and does not add to the bulk of the bottle.

Having described my invention I claim:

In a device of the class described, the combination with a bottleprovided with a thickened portion at the extreme upper end of the neck,said upper end provided with a pair of shallow holes diametricallyarranged opposite each other, a ring having inwardly bent ends, saidends pivotted in said holes, an opening element saddled on said ring,said opening element having an inturned hook to engage the skirt portionof a bottle stopper, and a protruding nose member for engaging the topface of the stopper, the engaging edge of said nose member curvingoutwardly to provide a rounded surface for the said top face of saidstopper, the contour of the inner edge of the opening element matchingthe longitudinal contour of the bottle neck.

HARRY WEBER.

